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Test No. 2442

The Ashes 2021-22
2021-22 season
Australia vs England - 3rd Test
26-28 December, 2021 (5-day match)

Australia led the 5-match series 3-0

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Australia won by an innings and 14 runs


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Haseeb Hameed c Carey b Cummins
0 
10 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Zak Crawley c Green b Cummins
12 
25 
0 
0
48.00 
»
 Dawid Malan c Warner b Cummins
14 
66 
1 
0
21.21 
»
 Joe Root c Carey b Starc
50 
82 
4 
0
60.98 
»
 Ben Stokes c Lyon b Green
25 
60 
2 
1
41.67 
»
 Jonny Bairstow c Green b Starc
35 
75 
3 
0
46.67 
»
 Jos Buttler c Boland b Lyon
3 
11 
0 
0
27.27 
»
 Mark Wood lbw b Boland
6 
15 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Ollie Robinson c Boland b Lyon
22 
26 
3 
0
84.62 
»
 Jack Leach c Smith b Lyon
13 
18 
0 
1
72.22 
»
 James Anderson Not Out
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 4, N 1
5
Total : (all out in 65.1 overs)
185
 RR : 2.84

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Haseeb Hameed, 1.5 ov), 2-13 (Zak Crawley, 7.2 ov), 3-61 (Dawid Malan, 26.3 ov), 4-82 (Joe Root, 32.6 ov), 5-115 (Ben Stokes, 46.2 ov), 6-128 (Jos Buttler, 51.2 ov), 7-141 (Mark Wood, 55.5 ov), 8-159 (Jonny Bairstow, 58.4 ov), 9-176 (Jack Leach, 63.3 ov), 10-185 (Ollie Robinson, 65.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
15
3 
54 
2
3.60
1
0
»
 Pat Cummins
15
2 
36 
3
2.40
0
0
»
 Scott Boland
13
2 
48 
1
3.69
0
0
»
 Cameron Green
8
4 
7 
1
0.88
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
14
 .1
3 
36 
3
2.54
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Marcus Harris c Root b Anderson
76 
189 
7 
0
40.21 
»
 David Warner c Crawley b Anderson
38 
42 
5 
0
90.48 
»
 Nathan Lyon c Buttler b Robinson
10 
22 
2 
0
45.45 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c Root b Wood
1 
14 
0 
0
7.14 
»
 Steven Smith b Anderson
16 
31 
1 
0
51.61 
»
 Travis Head c Root b Robinson
27 
48 
2 
0
56.25 
»
 Cameron Green lbw b Leach
17 
63 
2 
0
26.98 
»
 Alex Carey c Buttler b Stokes
19 
43 
0 
0
44.19 
»
 Pat Cummins c Hameed b Anderson
21 
32 
2 
0
65.63 
»
 Mitchell Starc Not Out
24 
37 
1 
0
64.86 
»
 Scott Boland c Crawley b Wood
6 
11 
0 
0
54.55 
Extras B 2, LB 4, W 1, N 5
12
Total : (all out in 87.5 overs)
267
 RR : 3.04

Fall of wickets : 1-57 (David Warner, 14.1 ov), 2-76 (Nathan Lyon, 19.4 ov), 3-84 (Marnus Labuschagne, 24.3 ov), 4-110 (Steven Smith, 35.1 ov), 5-171 (Travis Head, 55.4 ov), 6-180 (Marcus Harris, 61.1 ov), 7-207 (Cameron Green, 72.5 ov), 8-219 (Alex Carey, 75.3 ov), 9-253 (Pat Cummins, 84.2 ov), 10-267 (Scott Boland, 87.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
23
10 
33 
4
1.43
0
0
»
 Ollie Robinson
19
 .2
4 
64 
2
3.31
4
0
»
 Mark Wood
19
 .5
2 
71 
2
3.58
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
10
 .4
1 
47 
1
4.41
1
1
»
 Jack Leach
15
0 
46 
1
3.07
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Haseeb Hameed c Carey b Boland
7 
31 
1 
0
22.58 
»
 Zak Crawley c Carey b Starc
5 
16 
1 
0
31.25 
»
 Dawid Malan lbw b Starc
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Joe Root c Warner b Boland
28 
59 
4 
0
47.46 
»
 Jack Leach b Boland
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ben Stokes b Starc
11 
16 
2 
0
68.75 
»
 Jonny Bairstow lbw b Boland
5 
18 
0 
0
27.78 
»
 Jos Buttler Not Out
5 
14 
1 
0
35.71 
»
 Mark Wood c & b Boland
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ollie Robinson c Labuschagne b Boland
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 James Anderson b Boland
2 
4 
0 
0
50.00 
Extras LB 5
5
Total : (all out in 27.4 overs)
68
 RR : 2.46

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Zak Crawley, 4.4 ov), 2-7 (Dawid Malan, 4.5 ov), 3-22 (Haseeb Hameed, 10.3 ov), 4-22 (Jack Leach, 10.5 ov), 5-46 (Ben Stokes, 16.5 ov), 6-60 (Jonny Bairstow, 22.5 ov), 7-61 (Joe Root, 24.4 ov), 8-65 (Mark Wood, 26.1 ov), 9-65 (Ollie Robinson, 26.3 ov), 10-68 (James Anderson, 27.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
10
3 
29 
3
2.90
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
10
4 
19 
0
1.90
0
0
»
 Scott Boland
4
1 
7 
6
1.75
0
0
»
 Cameron Green
3
 .4
0 
8 
1
2.18
0
0

Match details
Points: Australia 12, England 0
Debuts: Scott Boland (Australia)
Man of the Match: Scott Boland (Australia)
Umpires : Paul Reiffel (Australia) and Paul Wilson (Australia)
Third Umpire: Rod Tucker (Australia)
Referee : David Boon (Australia)
Reserve Umpire: Shawn Craig (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sun, Dec 26 - Australia 1st innings 61/1 (Marcus Harris 20*, Nathan Lyon 0*, 16 ov)
Day 2 : Mon, Dec 27 - England 2nd innings 31/4 (Joe Root 12*, Ben Stokes 2*, 12 ov)
Day 3 : Tue, Dec 28 - England 2nd innings 68 (Jos Buttler 5*, 27.4 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins (Capt.), Scott Boland, Steven Smith, Travis Head
England Ben Stokes, Dawid Malan, Haseeb Hameed, Jack Leach, James Anderson, Joe Root (Capt.), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson, Zak Crawley
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